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No, he threw money at two defensemen he was familiar with from his days in Ottawa. A way to give them a chance and also accomplish his goals. Are either of them getting a contract when he signed them? Not really. So, he did it and if they pan out they are in line for a good contract at the end of the season (and are also trade bait). If they don't pan out.. hello #1.

I posted the Lidstrom ceremony earlier. Same kind of thing. When you have one of the best to ever play.. you honor him properly.

Warning.. I pulled these from the redwings game thread. But I wanted to address them here. You missed it. It's nice and short with no team leadership, no former players, no coaches, or anyone saying anything about the player. Here you can see for yourself how boring it was. :) See above. Also Bottom line. Great players deserve a great ceremony. If Hasek didn't want the ceremony then acknowledge that. The Sabres are bombing on the little things as well as the big things at this point. I'm not reposting my letter here. It's done. I'm done with them for awhile.

I'll pick this up in the Dom ceremony thread at this point. Displacement? Hardly. I'm blaming the entirety of the leadership. Jump over there. TV production this year is also absolutely horrible. It's a laugh. Good. NHL Network had the entire Selanne ceremony on. It was even listed as an event, on the guide, prior to the Jets and Ducks game. It wasn't some highlight on NHL Tonight.

What is Suter? Because right now his own teammate is making him look more like one of these: As for Myers I would have thought you'd chosen the 787 Dreamliner. Big, lots of hype but always breaking down and not able to get off the ground. But hey, maybe someday it will be worth the money and the #1 of the company. I'm just going to go ahead and assume that you wish you had thought of that. I'll also assume that because you didn't your argument is invalid. Because? Internet. :)

If someone could send me Mr. Blacks direct feedback link that would be cool.. but here's what I just sent the team. Well, I think I sent. After all it just took me back to the main page with no information that it was received.

I had a hell of a deal with DirecTV still going last season... and I had time to watch other things. But, now that Dish is serving up their Sling service for $20 per month I am done with all service. Assuming they can execute the delivery of content properly the person who dreamed up that package at $20 should be getting a nice promotion. At least it covers the stations most commonly watched in my house, minus MSG. For what it's worth. Ted Black is in charge of this kind of garbage. He's responsible for those people and this production. It's horrible. Unacceptable. I guess if the front office won't put in any effort then the players shouldn't either. Then... why should the fans?

Maybe you should just see what the hell happens. Perhaps using other teams that are not as dysfunctional and have talent and coaching and have a solid front office as the comparisons are not the best move. You pull out his one goal, blah blah blah. This team averages less than 2 goals per game. They have a total 75 goals. This team does not score. A defenseman who plays on a team who can't provide offensive zone pressure is going to score less because he has to play defense. TJ Brodie is a D man with 8 goals. Marco Scandella has 9. They must be awesome. Better yet.. here's a D-man who has 1G, is a -5, avg. TOI 29:35. He has 7 Power Play Points this year. He's pulling in a cool $11m this season with a $7.5m cap hit. He plays on a team that has averages 2.66GF/G and 2.93GA/G. They are a .500 team. Tyler Myers plays on a team that has 1.74GF/G, and 3.40GA/G, on a .360 team. He has 1G, is -7, AVG. TOI - 25:11. He has 2 power player points. He's making $5.5M this season and taht's his cap hit. So, I think, relatively speaking.. it could be a lot worse. Oh and Ryan Suter also has Zach Parise, Thomas Vanek, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville... oh and that Marco Scandella guy I referred to before he plays on the Wild with Suter. He makes $1.1m per year and has those 9 goals along with a +1 rating. So it would appear that Ryan Suter is a bust. And sometimes the things you want to be true appear so because of other things you choose to ignore. I'm not saying he's the best defenseman either. I just don't think he's a bust and like every player who has been put through the Sabres ownership, GM, coaching ringer over the past few seasons we have to wait and see. Frankly, I'll keep basing my opinions on stories other GMs wanting Myers. GMs who have a proven track record of building winning teams. Because if they are looking for Myers then I'm guessing they see something they like.

Well... I think that says it all. Not one member of the Sabres leadership on the ice for that ceremony. No former players telling stories? No one at all? Just throw Hasek on the ice. Let him speak. Let him stand there awkwardly while they screw up the Hasek's Heroes intro and then bring out Gare and Robert to skate the banner over.. let some guy look clueless on how to hook it up, etc. That's about as bush league as it gets. That's disgusting. Now.. I am will happily turn off my DirecTV subscription for the season and not watch another Sabres hockey game for the rest of the year... I am saddened. Disgusted. Just watch the Selanne ceremony and check the difference. Hell. even the FANS were louder, longer. Probably because the Ducks gave them something to cheer about. I'm done. They can eat it.

I thought the Selanne ceremony was well done. Being shown on NHL network you want to put on a good show. You think the Sabres can match that? Given their production issues with their games this year I am doubting it.

it's like pig latin, you just remove the extra S

People like Ken Holland?

Brazilian hockey super star.

I think the highlight of the game tonight was watching the lines scroll across the screen and seeing this: 51 - Campbell Someone in the truck was having a little fun tonight. Go back and watch it if you can. It's there.

I didn't like the coaching of the US team from the limited game time I was able to catch. The team seemed to be too tight. They played Eichel far too much in my opinion. I wasn't overly impressed by him. He had some nice moves at times but at the same time I think the team was too deferential to him as well. I thought this was especially true in the US v. Can game. Larkin is the hot hand, he scores again after the EN goal and they pull him immediately. Stupid, stupid, stupid. A lot of sloppy play with passes bouncing off sticks, etc.

Go figure. IE is working SMOOTHLY. Chrome failing me today. Back to the game I guess. :)

Then I guess it's work borking me. Awesome.. This should not happen when working for a company that sells business class network. Hell, I'm the product manager for carrier grade Ethernet.. sigh. I wish I had some pull.. I am getting the worst possible video right now. Blurry, choppy... sigh.

Are you referring to the choppy as hell stream? I can't even stand it.

Sigh.. more like 65. I love how unrealistic fans are...

Hey.. it's better than the guy who sat behind me at the last game. Two hooking penalties called and he yells out "Hey, we got a hooker on the ice!" Sigh.

Not commenting on the trading thoughts and this was a really well written first post. To counter your argument on Nolan being the fixer of all bad things I present Cody Hodgson. He seems to be a bit more interested in things these days but also seems to be passively holding out against the system and commitment. I would say Nolan can get a lot out of anyone who is willing to be engaged like that. There will continue to be those who aren't interested and will think of themselves first.

What the hell will Amerks fans do now that they can't yell out "Good job Puke!" all the time? I remember D'Amigo from WJHC.. I think. He's tenacious. He's a young Matt Ellis probably. So... there you go.

I certainly think he was ready to fight someone. He could have not engaged and Strachan still would have been given some extra minutes. Agreed, probably not Hodgson. Leading the league in fighting majors and we got rid of John Scott? Hmmm.. :) It appears they are getting tougher.

So, if I follow what you saying... They had an opportunity to call up a player. They know they are going to trade some players at some point. They called up the player who should be on an NHL roster at some point. They hope to learn some information on how he has progressed to date. Okay.. if that's it.. we're good. Sounds like every day in the NHL. (I'm not picking on you, using your post as confirmation against the conspiracy theorists floating around here.) :) Now, on the bright side. We all get to analyze how he plays tonight! So that should eat up some precious board bandwidth.

I think, actually, there are 23 year old players who do what they have to do. A leadership tag should never be distracting. If it is, they probably aren't leadership material. Leadership is natural. No one listens to fake leaders because they have to try too hard to be seen as a leader. I just wouldn't go trading much for the guy. I get he's good. He's been injured and the attitude issues are something to be concerned about. The Sabres poised themselves well to build into the future and short changing that would be crazy. Giving up 2 first round picks for him is just not worth it in my opinion. Whoa there... don't you go casting stones there pal.. Glutton is a strong word. :)